by Marketing Support | Mar 24, 2026 | News
Damian James will be sponsoring the talented Sant Cugat U14 Rugby Club during their upcoming tour of the UK. Sant Cugat U14’s team won the Spanish U14 Championship in May of 2025. This will be the first time any team from the club has toured the UK. They proudly...
by Marketing Support | Mar 12, 2026 | Dispute Resolution, News
This year began with a significant Supreme Court of the United Kingdom decision in the well-known case of Providence Building Services Ltd v Hexagon Housing Association Ltd. The judgment provides important clarification on the operation of termination provisions in...
by Marketing Support | Nov 13, 2025 | Adjudication
Introduction Adjudication has become a regular feature of construction dispute resolution across the world in recent years. Conceived as a “pay now, argue later” mechanism, it provides a fast, interim, and enforceable decision. The objective is to allow construction...
by Damian | Oct 17, 2025 | Quantum
Preamble This article examines the benefits, compexities and quantum calculations for a PFI project, the type of which is often found on African infrastructure projects. The article was originally written with the model of a desalination plant in mind, so some...
by Damian | May 20, 2025 | Adjudication, Arbitration, Expert Secrets, Quantum
Damian joined the CICES for their annual conference in Manchester earlier this year. His focus was on professionals and professionalism in construction. From the Grenfell disaster to expert witnesses, the spotlight has been very much on competence and professionalism...
by Marketing Assistant | May 9, 2025 | Adjudication, Contracts, Spotlight, Webinar
In this webinar, Damian was joined by David Sawtell of 39 Essex Chambers and Adam Beaumont of Exchange Chambers for a look at adjudication in construction, both in the UK and around the world. The main topic was smash and grab adjudication. This occurs when a payment...
by Damian | Apr 9, 2025 | Contracts, Quantum
As an industry, should we understand more about what defects are and how to measure their remediation and consequent damages? Construction projects rarely run perfectly from beginning to end without fault or flaw. They often encounter issues such as delay, disruption,...
by Damian | Mar 28, 2025 | Adjudication, Dispute Resolution
Apparently there were over 2000 adjudications in the past 12 months, close to 2500 I read elsewhere in a report on adjudication in 2024. An average of 50 adjudications per week, 10 per day. The costs to parties are considerable. I have witnessed adjudicators...
by Damian | Mar 18, 2025 | Adjudication, Spotlight, Webinar
On Wednesday 9th April at 1330 UK time, join Damian and two of the leading experts in construction law for an adjudication webinar. The team will focus particularly on the “smash and grab” or technical adjudication. Register your place here. With Damian...
by Damian | Jan 16, 2025 | News
As part of our dedication to supporting grass roots sport in the north of the UK, we’re delighted to announce that we’re sponsoring the Salford Red Devils player, Sam Davis. In 2024 Sam joined the Salford rugby league team for the 2025 Betfred Super League...
